Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner –
Report A-2011-009 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2011-009 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. A summary of the Report is included below.

To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/accessreports.htm 

Report:           A-2011-0099
Report Date:   June 1, 2011
Public Body:    Department of Health and Community Services

Summary:

The Applicant made a request for information under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the “ATIPPA”) to the Department of Health and Community Services (the “Department”) for access to records relating to a Review of the air ambulance program. The Department withheld some information under section 20(1) of the ATIPPA. The Commissioner found that the Department had appropriately applied section 20(1) with respect to information concerning the air ambulance program. However, with respect to information about the Review itself, the Commissioner found that section 20(1) did not apply. The Commissioner recommended that this information be released to the Applicant.

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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309

2011 06 07                                                                             11:05 a.m.